It would be vastly easier to not care what’s under the engine bay if the components under there were built by a manufacturer that was not known for making fragile, short-lived, engines that require lots of maintenance that is both expensive and more difficult than necessary to perform.

This is another one of those stories where everybody sucks.

It may work on some people, but I am less likely to answer a call from my phone’s area code, 1,500 miles away from where I actually live.

It’s really not fair to include the Corvette here. At least half of those deaths were from old age. 

OK, I see how this could be perceived as shitty. I’m not a fan of rideshare apps or the gig economy at large. Yeah, I can see how some people just want a little basic human interaction.

OK, it’s an F-Type killer.

HOAs need to be outlawed completely. They are incapable of doing any good. 

Goddamnit. My Amazon shipment was on that truck. 

Yes, but if all you want is an I-6, and don’t care where it comes from, you can just go out and buy a BMW. You could even slap a Supra badge on it if you really wanted to. 

Well, being a chef, I guess he can’t be an “Eat shit” kinda guy. Bad for the brand, and all. 

The manual may foil carjackings and joyrides, but if somebody wants your specific vehicle, like, say, a ‘90s Honda performance model, the fuckers who steal those know how to drive a manual. 

I was ready to pull the CP trigger, but supercharged MR2s aren’t easy to find. I don’t think it’s a NP, but I don’t think it’s pipe either. 

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If it were me, I’d try to buy the nicest Camry you can find for $2,500. I know you had bad luck with the Accord, but frankly, the Camry is probably your best bet when it comes to the intersection of cheap and reliable.

I read a little blurb a couple of years ago that leads me to suspect that BMW actually considers the MacStrut part of their brand DNA. It was in an article about them taking over development of the Mini Cooper. Rover had looked into using a double-wishbone design, but BMW insisted it have struts and a Z-axle “like a…

I’d suggest dropping people like this mayor and councilman into volcanoes, but we don’t have enough volcanoes and there’s probably some ecological reason why we can’t do it. 

I hate Illinois nazis. 

This will keep happening until the dealers feel some actual pain from it. I’ll say it again: The dealer should have to pay the customer the full purchase price of his car. They can try suing their now ex-employees to get it back, but ultimately, the dealer is responsible for the actions of its staff, and should have…

Fair enough. It’s perfectly fine to look at what you want in a car, given your own preferences, and decide where to draw the line on compromises. My line is in a different place, but that doesn’t make yours any less valid. 

Well, yeah, but the cheapest 911 costs like $85 grand these days, and I don’t know about you, but if I’m spending that kind of money on a product I want closer to optimal than that. I think struts are OK for something like a GT-86, or even a Mustang, because of the value proposition. But I expect more from something…